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Title
Effectiveness of cefmetazole versus meropenem for invasive urinary tract infections caused by extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli
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Cefmetazole is active against extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli (ESBLEC) and is a potential candidate for carbapenem-sparing therapy. This multicenter, observational study included patients hospitalized for invasive urinary tract infection due to ESBLEC between March 2020 and November 2021 at 10 facilities in Japan, for whom either cefmetazole or meropenem was initiated as a definitive therapy within 96 h of culture collection and continued for at least 3 d. Outcomes included clinical and microbiological effectiveness, recurrence within 28 d, and all-cause mortality (14 d, 30 d, in-hospital). Outcomes were adjusted for the inverse probability of propensity scores for receiving cefmetazole or meropenem. Eighty-one and forty-six patients were included in the cefmetazole and meropenem groups, respectively. Bacteremia accounted for 43% of the cefmetazole group, and 59% of the meropenem group. The crude clinical effectiveness, 14 d, 30 d, and in-hospital mortality for patients in the cefmetazole and meropenem groups were 96.1% vs 90.9%, 0% vs 2.3%, 0% vs 12.5%, and 2.6% vs 13.3%, respectively. After propensity score adjustment, clinical effectiveness, the risk of in-hospital mortality, and the risk of recurrence were similar between the two groups (P = 0.54, P = 0.10, and P = 0.79, respectively). In all cases with available data (cefmetazole : n = 61, meropenem : n = 22), both drugs were microbiologically effective. In all isolates, bla(CTX-M) was detected as the extended-spectrum beta-lactamase gene. The predominant CTX-M subtype was CTX-M-27 (47.6%). Cefmetazole showed clinical and bacteriological effectiveness comparable to meropenem against invasive urinary tract infection due to ESBLECs.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. - Washington, D.C., 1972, currens
Publication
Washington, D.C. : American Society for Microbiology , 2023
ISSN
0066-4804
DOI
10.1128/AAC.00510-23
Volume/pages
67 :10 (2023) , p. 1-13
Article Reference
e0051023
ISI
001066364300001
Pubmed ID
37702483
Medium
E-only publicatie
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Last edited 01.07.2024
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